Alkaloidal substance.



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'SAQES PA'lENT JOHN URI LLOYD, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FFICE,

ALKALOIDAL SUBSTANCE.

1,048,711. No Drawing.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

To all whomttmuy concern:

Be it known that I, Join Uur LLOYD, a citizen of the United tates of America, and resident of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Alkaloidal Substance, of

'- which the following is a specification.

' tion, in the form of a precipitate, when powdered fullers earth rsome other form of hydrated aluminum ilicuteds introduced into the solution andt e mixtulh isya gitated.

-I have also discovered that the form of the alkaloid in theprecipitate is chemically and therapeutically the same as it was while in solution, and that the residue obtained by filtering off the liquid is devoid of taste and practieall lacks the characteristically bitter taste of a kaloids and their salts.'

As a specific example of the recess of 'forming a mixture embodying my invention: Dissolve one gram of morphin sulfate in about forty cubic centimeters of Water, then add fifteen grams of powdered fullers earth to the solution and a itate the mixture. The agitation separates t e morphin sulfate out of the solution in the form of a precipitate and it is carried down by the fullers earth to the bottom of the container. The associated fullers earth and morphin sulfate precipitate may then be removed by filtration, and it will be found that the resulting residue is practically devoid of the characteristically bitter taste of morphin sulfate. The same result may be obtained by mixing the powdered fullers earth and morphin sulfate dry and triturating with a liquid, preferably water.

It will be understood that while I have described the process of forming a mixture containin morphin which is devoid of the characteristic alkaloidal taste, that my invention'is generic and that I therefore wish it to be understood that I am not limited to the specific alkaloidal substance or the inert material specified.

\Vhat I claim is i 1. A mixture adapted for use as a medicine for internal administration and containing an alkaloidal salt and an aluminum silicate. v

2. A mixture adapted for use as a medicine for internal administration containing an alkaloidal substance and powdered fullers earth.

3. A mixture adapted for use as a medicine fo'r internal administration containing an alkaloidal substance andfpowderedhydrated aluminum silicate.

4. A mixture adapted for use as a medicine for internal administration containing an alkaloidal substance and powdered aluminum silicate.

JOHN URI LLOYD. -Witnesses:

W. THORNTON Boonu'r, E. W. McCALLIsrnn. 

